What a World 1.5 degrees Hotter Would Look Like — Global Issues

What a World 1.5 degrees Hotter Would Look Like — Global Issues

To mitigate the worst climate change impacts, we need to consider implementing climate solutions outside of the free economic market. Opinion by Michael Davies-Venn (amsterdam) Friday, July 14, 2023 Inter Press Service AMSTERDAM, Jul 14 (IPS) – The dangerous state of global climate has reached a new low as a World…

Security Council urged to address ‘most silenced and least condemned crime’ — Global Issues

Security Council urged to address ‘most silenced and least condemned crime’ — Global Issues

“Every new wave of warfare brings with it a rising tide of human tragedy, including new waves of war’s oldest, most silenced and least condemned crime,” she said. The Council meeting to examine implementation of its resolutions on conflict-related sexual violence was convened by the United Kingdom, which holds the…

Aspartame sweetener ‘possibly’ cancer-causing, WHO agency reports — Global Issues

Aspartame sweetener ‘possibly’ cancer-causing, WHO agency reports — Global Issues

The joint assessment from WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), and the Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA), which is part of WHO and the Food and Agriculture Organization, represents the first public intervention by the UN health agency on the widely used sweetener. Aspartame has been…

OHCHR ‘very concerned’ over disproportionate use of force against protesters — Global Issues

OHCHR ‘very concerned’ over disproportionate use of force against protesters — Global Issues

The demonstrations began over what many Kenyans view as unfair tax hikes and rising inflation in the country, according to news reports. OHCHR Spokesperson Jeremy Laurance issued a statement condemning the violence, expressing concern over “allegations of unnecessary or disproportionate use of force, including the use of firearms, by police”….

World ‘wilfully ignoring’ child deaths during dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossings — Global Issues

World ‘wilfully ignoring’ child deaths during dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossings — Global Issues

The figure is equivalent to about 11 children dying each week, “far beyond what we hear in news headlines,” Vera Knaus, the agency’s Global Lead on Migration and Displacement, told journalists attending the biweekly UN humanitarian briefing in Geneva. “We cannot continue to ignore what is happening – stand by…

Extreme weather highlights need for greater climate action — Global Issues

Extreme weather highlights need for greater climate action — Global Issues

According to the UN weather agency, June witnessed the warmest global average temperature on record, and heatwaves have persisted into early July. Torrential rains and floods have resulted in dozens of fatalities and affected millions in the United States, Japan, China and India. ‘New normal’ “The extreme weather – an…

White House Unveils Road Map For National Cybersecurity Strategy

White House Unveils Road Map For National Cybersecurity Strategy

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – In March, the Biden Administration unveiled its new cybersecurity strategy, instructing private entities to take more responsibility against would-be hackers targeting American infrastructure, business, and government agencies. On Thursday, the White House published the first version of a road map intended to detail just how it…

Human Rights Concerns Ahead of Zimbabwe Polls — Global Issues

Human Rights Concerns Ahead of Zimbabwe Polls — Global Issues

Analysts are concerned about pre-election violence and intimidation ahead of next month’s Zimbabwean poll. Credit: Ignatius Banda/IPS by Ignatius Banda (bulawayo) Thursday, July 13, 2023 Inter Press Service BULAWAYO, Jul 13 (IPS) – Zimbabwe holds general elections next month amid growing human rights and press freedom concerns in what analysts say…

World ‘wilfully ignoring’ child deaths during dangerous Mediterranean Sea crossings — Global Issues

UN rights chief calls for probe after 87 bodies found in mass grave — Global Issues

The victims, who included members of the Masalit ethnic community, were allegedly killed last month by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militia, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said, citing credible information. Local people were forced to dispose of the bodies in a mass grave outside the regional…